The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-04-14
AN INCIPIENT BOOM.
An Example set by Lynchburg which
Winston Ought to Follow.

An Example set by Lynchburg which
Winston Ought to Follow.
The Lynchburg Virginian, one of
the oldest papers in Virginia, has re-
Gently undergone change of man.
agement and the new editors are in
fusing new life into the venerable
sheet. The spirit of enterprise is crop
ping out among its readers besides;
in consequence thereof there are many
industrial projects now on foot in the
Hill City that were unthought OF
few weeks ago. We have been quite
forcibly impressed with the vigor of
its new management, and it is destined
to do much good work for its native
city. A recent issue contained an
editorial SO apropos to our own COM
munity, and So full of valuable sug-
gestlons, that we desire to republish
here. The Virginian says that there
are persons in Lynchburg disposed
to complain that the press Of that
place has injured the city by the plain
language it has used in regard to its
business status and needs:
'These persons are short-sighted, or
they have not given themselves the
trouble to think. Lynchburg needed
just the shaking up which she got
Our people were hugging delusion
to their bosoms. They were indulging
false security and wrapping them
selves in the mantle of deceptive
self-sufiiciency.
"They were dreaming that Lynch
burg was on the highway to prosperity
when she was not. They were shut
ting their eyes to the fact that a sort
of lethargy was stealing over the town.,
and that a mighty effort was necessary
to throw it off They had to be aroused
to lively sense of the fact that some
thing else was necessary besides to-
bacco to save the city from retrograd-
ing-that without diversified indus
tries it would lag behind in the race
for material progress and prosperity.
1t was case which required heroic
treatment. The papers saw it and
applied the remedy. They talked
out in meeting, which displeased some
people. But the physic worked. The
citizens were set to thinking and to
working, and now we have an incipi-
ent boom. Several large enterprises
have been assured and others are pro-
jected. The community has been
thoroughly aroused, and we are going
to have better times. The papers
were right; the critics are wrong, and
they ought to acknowledge the corn,
and make the due amende.
But now we may all take a cheerful
view of the prospect. Things have
changed There has been a visible
awakening. An hallucination that
Lynchburg was bound to go ahead
whether or not, has been dispelled.
and the people have determined to
put their shoulders to the wheel and
make her go. That is the sum and
substance of it all !; and the newspapers
deserve praise rather than censure for
what they did.
Now everything wears different
aspect, and we may all be optimists
and not croakers The silver lining
shines clear in the business sky, and
we are going to boom. There is no
earthly reason why Lynchburg should
not be among the foremost cities or
towns Of the State or the South in in
dustrial progress. And if the capital
and brain and muscle of the city will
unite in firm resolve as they now seem
determined to do, she will be. Let
Onward be the watchword of ALL